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You can protect yourself, but many won't be aware of the situation until it's too late, and institutionally managed funds won't be able to change their rules in time to avoid holdi…

I've only used cabs a few times, but it seemed to be the operators were both. They were squeezed deep into the economic margins, and they were also often terrible to their passenge…

People seem to have very strong feelings about the subject (myself included), and some seem to think there's only one correct conclusion. Renting an apartment and owning a home hav…

I'm in CA and only charge at home, and pay 14c/kwh.

I don't think "this is how facebook started" is much of a defense.

You may not be able to properly let dollar cost averaging do its thing if you rely on your job to invest, since there's a high correlation between periods where people are out of w…

I like to read human comments because I'd like to know what my fellow humans think. I'd prefer not to read low-effort, throw away comments, but other than that I want to know what …

Why not the both? Some seem to think that math is somehow above plumbing, but modern society couldn't exist without both, and I'd argue that modern plumbing is more critical to our…

I'm absolutely going hunting for some nearby payphones this weekend! In the recording on this one [1] the caller states that the payphone is on the caltrain station platform, but o…

It is, but the particular ways Google will harm you are very different from how small/medium criminals will harm you.

Don't be sorry, I got what I wanted, and am content with my life. We have to miss out one one thing to enjoy something else.

As a man who's never wanted kids, and is now getting to an age where it probably wouldn't be a good idea, those weren't really the big factors for me. Having a kid is just an unfat…

This has to be one of the major goals. Think how effective it could be for political advertising for people who treat it like a friend.

The 30 year fixed mortgage is an insanely good deal, and I say this as a guy who has one. The monthly cost can only stay the same (and decline due to inflation) or decline if inter…

The shoppers at costco vary drastically by location. If you have more than one warehouse reasonably close by, it may be worth your while to try them all.

Dollar General and their ilk are behemoths compared to the shops that might have served these areas before they rolled in. It's possible they're the only game in town because they …

Absolutely. I work at a school where the food is OK, but just, and the school across the street has very good food. One of our students used to sneak into the other school in the m…

There are some extra weird things going on, though. Many people are simultaneously getting poorer by economic/financial stability, and have less access to medical care and safe hou…

I have an old card printer that I only use occasionally, and firing up a windows 7 virtual machine is (was?) the most convenient way to do it. I think it's not so uncommon to have …

They say no downside, but if you need to run windows 7 in virtualbox, you still need an intel mac (or other non-arm computer).

The direction of wind and shape of terrain has a huge effect on noise, too. If a noise source is down wind of you the gradient in wind speed wrt elevation effectively makes the noi…

I appreciate that my view isn't the only consideration for that kind of decision, but when a new building goes up much larger than anything else in the area, and affects the skylin…

One went in 1/4 mile from my home a couple years ago. I ignored the notices of development because I thought it was far enough that it wouldn't affect me, but it blocks the view of…

>The "government" is just the set of people who hold power over others. Often, yes, but in a more functional society it would be the mechanism we collectively use to prevent a few …

Beautiful, and currently 9 in stock at the Santa Clara Central Computers store. I'm running out the door!